PM Szydło announces roadmap
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
18.11.2015 11:35
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło has announced the roadmap for the first 100 days of the Law and Justice (PiS) government.
Premier Beata Szydło
"Today, we are starting our four-year contract with Poles,” Szydło said in her first address as PM in the Sejm lower house of Polish parliament.
“If Poles are pleased with the changes, I believe that we can extend the contract for another four years,” Szydło said.
“During the 100 days we want to implement an allowance of PLN 500 for each child. A child is not a burden, it's an investment,” Szydło said.
Among the other important milestones of her new government, the PM reiterated her promise to lower the retirement age to 60 years for women and 65 years for men, as well as to introduce a tax-free bracket for Poles earning less than PLN 8,000 (EUR 1,882, USD 2,008)
PM Szydło also said the country will introduce free medicines for Poles over the age of 75, as well as increase the minimum hourly wage in Poland to PLN 12.
The main subjects:
Economy:
• A PLN trillion will be earmarked to develop the economy.
• Poland needs entrepreneurial young, educated Poles.
Health:
• We need to revisit the programme of prof. Zbigniew Religa [a former health minister – ed.]: a health service to serve patients.
• There will be dentists in schools.
Family:
• Support for families including a housing programme, and the expansion of a network of free preschools.
• [The government’s] social policy can best be described in two words – family and justice.
Foreign Policy:
• The refugee crisis reminds us that we need to reassess our concept of solidarity.
• Our foreign policy will also concentrate on our contact with the Polish diaspora. Poland will protect Poles living abroad.
Defence Policy:
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